> On Dec 5, 2017, at 1:46 PM, Noel Jones <njo...@megan.vbhcs.org> wrote: > > If you're only connecting to google over a decent internet link, I > doubt you'll see any effect whatsoever. Kinda like me using polar > bear bait in Tennessee. > > -- Noel Jones
Hi Noel, That actually reminded me of something that crossed my mind, today - I forgot about the inherently dynamic nature of routing. Even though my server is within North America and it is extremely likely that I am hitting the closest node of Google’s GMail servers in North America, as routes are updated over time, there’s the possibility of the mail going over a poor connection in a worst case scenario. I know that’s less likely given the North American scenario, but it helped me understand even more why this setting would not be enabled by default. - J PS - Polar bear bait in Tennessee is actually very effective against the rare and elusive country music polar bear, a breed seldom seen but known to frequent those parts on vacation, in search of some tunes . . .
